Additional Charges

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The Northampton County District Attorney filed 35 additional charges of forgery against a county court clerk last week. Authorities now allege that Nicole M. Fogel stole $119,700 over about six years from cash paid to the Clerk of Courts office for fines, fees or bail. County officials were shocked to learn in October, following a routine state audit and subsequent district attorney investigation, that at least $83,000 was stolen. At that time, Ms. Fogel, confessed to a county detective, and faced 170 counts of theft and related charges.

More forgery charges were filed Thursday against a Northampton County Courthouse clerk who investigators now believe embezzled nearly $120,000. When Nicole M. Fogel, 35, of 152 Victory Lane, Nazareth, was arrested last month, investigators said she'd stolen $83,000 but suspected the amount might be larger. The additional charges -- 35 counts each of forgery and tampering with records -- were filed against Fogel on the day her preliminary hearing on the initial charges was scheduled to be held before District Judge Gay Elwell in Easton.

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Northampton County Two men who allegedly held an underage drinking party were arrested early Saturday after Colonial Regional police arrived as uninvited guests just before 4 a.m. Connor W. O'Brien, 19, and David Kornacki, 22, both of 5615 Grace Ave., Hanover Township, Northampton County, were arraigned before District Judge Nancy Matos Gonzalez of Bethlehem after police broke up a party attended by at least nine underage drinkers,...

HILLTOWN TOWNSHIP Police arrested a Silverdale man Thursday and charged him in connection with three burglaries and two attempted burglaries in Hilltown Township, police said. Hilltown police responded to a report of a burglary in the 900 block of Green Street at 4:30 p.m. Thursday and apprehended Ruben Berrios III, 19, of the 100 block of Lawndale Avenue, who was held at the scene by a neighbor. Police said their investigation showed Berrios also attempted to break into two homes on N. Valley View Road and Chalfont Road earlier Thursday, and was responsible for burglaries on N. Valley View Road on Monday and Williams Way on Sept.

Alfredo Reyes-Rodriguez, the former Bethlehem man who admitted he sexually assaulted two girls, has changed his mind and wants a jury to decide his fate. Northampton County Assistant District Attorney Patricia C. Broscius let Reyes-Rodriguez know Wednesday that she's ready to move ahead with the case, but before that happens, she said, she'll file additional charges, because a third young victim has come forward. Judge Emil Giordano set trial for Dec. 11 and told Reyes-Rodriguez and his attorney, Edward Andres of Bethlehem, to be ready to select a jury.

A 57-year-old Telford man who was charged last month with trying to solicit sex from a 9-year-old girl was hit with additional charges Wednesday, this time for attempting to lure two children into his van in April, police said. Kenneth F. Groves, of 593 Acorn Ave., approached two children near the intersection of Main Street and Reliance Road in Telford on April 19, told them his dog was missing and asked them to help him find it, police said. The children, who were not hurt, fled the area and told their parents, who alerted police.

BETHLEHEM Bethlehem police said they have added attempted robbery charges against the man who was struck six times by a bat-wielding store clerk during a foiled Bethlehem Exxon robbery attempt last month. Leonardo Vergas' Jan. 10 run-in with the clerk was captured on a security-camera video that was replayed on news Web sites nationwide. After his arrest, police linked Vergas, 18, of 1175 Arcadia St., Bethlehem, to several other crimes. He was arraigned last month on charges of six robberies and one attempted robbery at city businesses, and an attempted burglary at a home in his neighborhood.

BETHLEHEM A Bethlehem Township man, arrested last week for what police termed prowling, has been charged again for asking a woman for oral sex on a Bethlehem street corner. Jason Adams, 20, of 3408 Easton Ave., was arraigned Tuesday before District Judge James Narlesky of Bethlehem on criminal solicitation and harassment charges for a Dec. 14 incident at Easton Avenue and Chestnut Street in which he allegedly asked a 19-year-old woman for oral sex. The victim contacted police on Dec. 20 after reading in the newspaper about Adams' arrest on Dec. 19 for three similar incidents earlier this month, according to the affidavit of probable cause.

LOPATCONG TOWNSHIP Township police called to a home to investigate a dispute Thursday night said they arrived to find people bailing off a balcony and fleeing into the woods while dozens more remained inside the home, which was littered with booze, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. When the dust settled, police charged party hosts Christine Repetti, 26, and Dana Burns, 20, both of 74 Overlook Drive, with disorderly conduct and violation of township nuisance ordinances. According to a news release, Lopatcong Sgt. Scott Bisci and Patrolmen Travis Smith and Brian Nixon, as well as officers from Pohatcong and Greenwich townships, were summoned to the home about 11:50 p.m. Thursday for a reported dispute involving about 25 people.

Prosecutors on Wednesday filed additional charges against a Carbon County man accused of shooting at police during a nine-hour standoff at his home in September. The filing came about an hour before a lawyer for Terry L. Kuehner, 47, of Towamensing Township, was scheduled to ask a judge to dismiss the charges, prompting a delay in the hearing. Assistant District Attorney Michael Muffley said he filed three more counts of aggravated assault and two counts of simple assault. State police had initially filed two counts of aggravated assault and one count of reckless endangerment against Kuehner.